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A couple more cheeky shots... Now my least favorite part of building this helmet, the lower cheeks have been placed and replaced four or five times to get them right... You will also notice i have carefully Dremeled the visor area out, finishing off with a file and sand paper.

Here are a couple of shots of test fitting my alloy ears. The lower cheeks have been replaced again at this stage, hopefully for the last time! The next stage is building out the rear panels and key slot section...

Well, for whatever reason you're doing it G - keep doing it! Looking friggn outstanding sir! And can very much understand the need to get something 'just right'. There can often be a fine line, but ultimately the difference of being happy with your work, or having little things there - that no one else notices much, but stick out to you like dogs balls - is the driving force. Much respect!

The first and most important thing is when you say "I did this! This was made by my hands!". There's nothing wrong with scratch builds when they are done well, and the only limit is your imagination. From what I saw, whatever Garrett did it turned out excellent, so I would like to see a lot of new things made by him in the near future.

Totally agree with the reproduction helmets and others close to lineage having a lot of inaccuracies , hence why i sold mine. Might have the next hot lid here with "that look" lookin forward to the finished product.